- Matt Taylor (American soccer)
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Matthew Taylor Personal information Full name Matthew Taylor Date of birth October 17, 1981 Place of birth Columbus, Ohio, United States Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Playing position Forward Club information Current club SC Paderborn 07 Number 8 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2003 Orange County Blue Star 18 (11) 2004 Kansas City Wizards 17 (3) 2005-2007 Chivas USA 37 (2) 2007 Portland Timbers 8 (1) 2008 Hollywood United 2008-2009 TuS Koblenz 22 (7) 2009-2010 FSV Frankfurt 9 (0) 2010–2011 Rot Weiss Ahlen 30 (17) 2011–present SC Paderborn 07 1 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of July 30, 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Matthew Taylor (born October 17, 1981) is an American soccer forward who currently plays for SC Paderborn 07 in the German Second Division.
College career
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Taylor grew up in Irvine, California and played college soccer at UCLA from 2000 to 2003. Taylor was mostly a substitute his first year, but earned a larger role as a sophomore, finishing the season with seven goals and two assists. As a junior he bettered that, registering 12 goals and eight assists, while being in an important part of a UCLA team that won the NCAA Championship. Taylor's senior season was his best, as he scored 14 goals and 8 assists, was named the Pac-10 Player of the Year, and was a Hermann Trophy finalist. Taylor was the nation's leading scorer in the NCAA tournament during UCLA's championship run in 2002 and was named to the all tournament team at the college cup. Taylor also is the all-time leading scorer for UCLA in post season tournament play. During his college years he also played several games alongside former German National Team player Jurgen Klinsmann with Orange County Blue Star in the USL Premier Development League.
Professional career
An excellent MLS Combine saw the Kansas City Wizards trade up to draft him 4th overall in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. Although stuck behind Davy Arnaud and Josh Wolff and receiving little playing time in 2003, Taylor showed his scoring acumen registering three goals and an assist in only 524 minutes from a substitute's role.
After his first season, Taylor was left unexposed for the 2004 MLS Expansion Draft, and was selected 8th overall by Chivas USA. He became one of the few non-Hispanics on the squad. Taylor was Chivas USA's first ever player to be named MLS player of the week. Taylor's first four years in MLS were hampered by injuries including a broken tibia, and double hernia surgery. Taylor became a first eleven player for Chivas USA coach Hans Westerhof and responded by leading all offensive categories in a starter's role. Taylor just started to regain the speed and quickness to match his work rate when he decided to leave Chivas USA over a contract dispute with then coach Preki.
He had a short stint at the amateur side Hollywood United in the Los Angeles-based USASA-affiliated Coast Soccer League, where he scored two goals on penalty kicks against his former club the Portland Timbers in the first round of the 2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, helping Hollywood to a shocking 3-2 win over the USL side.
On August 14, 2008, German squad TuS Koblenz, currently playing in the Germany's second tier 2. Fußball-Bundesliga announced Taylors move, just three days before their season started. He scored in his first game for the team.[1] On October 5, 2008, Taylor scored a hat trick for Koblenz in a 5-0 win over Kaiserslautern. He announced his transfer to FSV Frankfurt on 27 May 2009, here signed a two years contract between 30 June 2011.[2] After he played one year in the German 3rd Liga for Rot Weiss Ahlen, he signed a contract with SC Paderborn 07.
References
SC Paderborn – current squad 1 Kruse · 5 Alushi · 6 Mohr · 7 Wemmer · 8 Taylor · 9 Proschwitz · 10 Mehmet · 11 Mosquera · 12 Brandy · 13 Strohdiek · 14 Bertels · 15 Guié-Mien · 16 Klotz · 17 Meha · 18 Krösche · 19 Burchert · 21 Brückner · 22 Erlbeck · 23 Palionis · 24 Grahl · 26 Gonther · 28 Schmik · 30 Wissing · 31 Krause · 33 Jansen · Manager: Schmidt
Categories:- 1981 births
- Living people
- American expatriate soccer players
- American soccer players
- Hollywood United players
- Orange County Blue Star players
- Chivas USA players
- Kansas City Wizards players
- People from Columbus, Ohio
- UCLA Bruins men's soccer players
- Portland Timbers (USL) players
- Major League Soccer players
- USL First Division players
- TuS Koblenz players
- FSV Frankfurt players
- Rot Weiss Ahlen players
- SC Paderborn 07 players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Soccer players from Ohio
- USL Premier Development League players
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